“And if all others accepted the lie which the Party imposed—if all records told the same tale—then the lie passed into history and became truth,” Rowling wrote, referencing Orwell’s tale about a society controlled by a lurking totalitarian dictator.

Many Rowling fans agreed with her analysis:

1984 is literally their playbook. Fortunately, many of had to read this several times in school so we know exactly what they are doing. Not here. Not ever. On November 6th we rejected Trump.